Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-08-27
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From the san Francisco Chronicie.
Joseph Kneppler, who halls from Chicago
aad lays olsim 70 the title Of champion dead
bea6, 10 now In the city. He hes made dead
heodipg Q soience, end boests Of having tsav'
oled over 40, 900 miles on railroad without
having paid can't Of fara
Kneppief stood In front Of Third aires
saloon ysstsrdsy, chewing the barren eod nj
. mstch, when .. reporter engaged him Ia
Conversation.
SHOW did I como here" hs sa,d, In On
sweR TO question. "On the carr, Of course. y
and - II anticipating the next query, hs
added: Without paying cent either. I've
deodheaded Il all over this country. Beeu
from Maine to San Francisco four times In q
many years. No, don't always get through
- quick ~ pay passenger, but get thsrs
just the same I've bad some rough e1per
ieocss, bssn put OIL In snow and ice, whsrs
there Wssu't . house around for milea but
readers know me, and many times they've
made me jump from train without slackinl
The most thrilling sxpsrisucs ever bad Va,
on train on the Peonsylvania railroad goinG
between JobnstoWn and Altoona over Tho
mountains I boarded her st Johnstowp,
and - bod luck would have II the cooductoi
spied me on tho platform before we'd RooG
many mileA You sse, sometimes the con.
ductor dout 20 through the train bstween
t thee two stations. q they don,s mase - an. any
through. But this time IVES caught
know Id b put on right In the centre Of the
Allegheny mountaina, and the thought OF IL
chilled me. The night was dark, % dark
that you couldn's $50 yoar hand before your
myself but that was out Of the question.
We standing on the last stop and bappened
70 look around the corner OF the car. The
window next 70 whore stood Was open and
hit on bold plan. Whew, IL makes me
through the like again, not for III The rail-
roads In the United States.
swell, cir, Whsu aW the oonduotor come
from the other end Of the car swung around
70 the side, caught bold Of tho window sash
opened the door, expecting TO nnd me on the
platform. He felt for me In the dar rknes4 I
suppose, but he never dreamed 70 look for
me on the side Of the car. He went ON into
the next csr. Ny arms were growing tired,
ana was glad 70 ges back on tn. platform:
reach The step sgain. Terror ssised me-
knew I couldn's hold on another minutA
I would hAve TO drop and bs mapgled under
the wheels. I yelled - lound - could, but
t0oS Wa uo0lo0 no ono COuI0 noors
~ thought I IVES lost, and made up my
mind n that when Iheard the whistle OF train
on the other track. I could hear her come
laundering along. II dropped then knew
/ would fall on the track on which the wet
hound train was to pass and be ground 10
pieCsA I held ON like grim death. The
glare Of the headlight shono upon me. fsls
the strong current OF cir from the passiDg
train. ! also islt my grasp relaxing, ana thai
was the Last that knew. I had dropped be-
tween the two trains between the two tracks
and never Was touched. The engineer Of the
west bound tfaAu bad seen ,me BY the light
from IL l0eo0oAave elingin9 70 my pasiAOua
poaaAaoa cad AW ~ drop. He rSn hack Iol
me. picked me up sud f'"-.sht nas to Johns
town again. II Was miracle, Of ooursa, the
I escaped death. I've been on top Of cars
nearly frozen, rode along for 60 miles ON
truck OF or, but never had such rougl
expertenoo bosores and mover want 70 aGain
"And ~, young msD," he contipuod, ~
you ever 90 travelling like me, avoid steam.
chipA ] went - . stowaway ono time. and
III tell you what happened. After three
dsys out at sea ! was discovered. Tho cap
tain said to me "YounR man, you'll have
To 60 to work. He set me 70 scraping OF
paint for nine dayA AT the end OF that ume
We reached port aud instead OF being allowed
70 land, l wss placed in irons and kept there
until We left, when was liberated and Get TO
work again al the way to New York, where
they allowed me to 60. never went 70 sea
again. Railroad are good enough for ma"